Long-term alteration of anxiolytic effects of ovarian hormones in female mice by a peripubertal immune challenge

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-326

  Olesen, Kristin M ^a,b   Ismail, Nafissa ^a,b   Merchasin, Emily D ^a,b   Blaustein, Jeffrey D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Neuroscience and Behavior Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety; Estradiol; Immune challenge; Lipopolysaccharide; Progesterone; Puberty; Stress

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNITY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052140118     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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